Gardeners' Notes:

A no-care winner! After establishment in clay-loam I have not provided supplemental water (Denver is typically under 20" of rain a season) or fertilization. These guys are down by the sidewalk and street. Though not sprawling, they are pretty expansive in terms of width. Two plants pretty much fill a four foot wide bed. I'm transplanting a couple to give a red varietal yarrow I put between two moonshines some room to prosper.

Cut back after blooming to encourage second flowering. I leave the plants in place till March-April, then cut back to basal foliage.

I have never had to stake mine as others have mentioned, maybe too much water or soil richness for those folks. Also, true Moonshine is sterile and does not reseed.

The flower color is softer, lighter, and closer to lemon yellow than A. x 'Coronation Gold', and the scapes are shorter.

I wonder whether those complaining about the flower scapes needing support are actually talking about an A. millefolium cultivar. I've seen a lot of this hybrid, and I've never seen the scapes needing support in full sun.

This is a clump-former, and not in the least invasive. Whoever said it was invasive was confusing it with A. millefolium. I have never seen it self-sow, either, and it's said to be sterile.

Tends to be short-lived, though it's longer lived in the northeastern US than in the southeast. Prone to fungal disease in the humid heat of the southeast.

This is not a cultivar of A. 'Taygetea', but a hyb... read morerid between A. clypeolata and A. 'Taygetea'.

Yarrow is gopher food in this area. Rescued the yarrow, which I now protect by planting it in large planters, which I then sink into the ground, hiding the pots. Love the brightness of this Moonshine Yarrow.

Beautiful Color grows well, however in full sun the stems are not strong enough to be erect and needed to be tied up and anchored to a fence or else it was laying on the ground. Never saw a yarrow do this.

This plant did very well in full sun. Mine dont seems to stand up so tall about 12 inch tall but it try to spread alot. I cant believe it bloom all the way through winter! While other plant are in dormancy this guys just keep blooming, make winter bright and yellow. Don't need much care I water them once a week in the summer and ferterlize 2 times a year. I'm not an experience gardener in any level ,this plant is easy to grow.

Planning a xeric-centric garden last year, one of the things I focused on was silver-leaved plants. Thus, one of the first things I planted was 'Moonshine'. It has done stupendously in harsh conditions - slope, hot, dry, windy, poor soil, right by a busy road. I planted two last year and both did well last year - the one further up the slope actually doing BETTER than the one a bit down it! - and have survived the winter (winter-kill being more common than I would have originally expected with yarrows here). When I went on vacation to New Mexico I saw this particular cultivar planted in literally nearly every landscaping design, from big public ones to small home gardens - so I imagine it's as xeric in other conditions as it has been for me here. I've heard others complain that it has... read more a tendency to flop for them, but I've never had that problem here, and other things certainly flop in the strong wind. I don't know what the difference is - perhaps the others are planted in soil that's too rich for yarrow?

Mine gets to be 24 to 30" tall and requires fencing to hold it up, probably due to a little more water and feed than it likes normally. Still a beautiful multi-season plant. I have had good luck in dividing and moving it to different parts of the yard. It does much better in full sun than part sun. Part sun also causes it to flop over and it needs fencing.

Great looking flowers. The yellow contrasts strikingly with some Sarastro Camanula blue bellflowers planted next to them. And the silvery green foliage makes an interesting look even when they are not flowering.

I always deadhead the spent blooms since once they turn brown, they are not very attractive, although I rarely seem to get a new flush of blooms like others have reported. Nonetheless, it is still a winner for me.

Deadhead faded flowers to lateral flower buds. After all blooms have faded, cut down to basal foliage. Deadheading can prevent the rampant reseeding of this plant. Requires well-draining soil. Does not like wet conditions.

large flat clusers of sulphur-yellow flowers, June to September. Fern-like gray-green leaves. Bright yellow, long lasting. Well drained border. It is self-supporting if not cut back in Fall, the frosted flower heads provide interest in the winter. Average growth. Foliage may aggrevate skin allergies. Fully hardy. Stake blooms using bamboo canes as they are heavy. Lift and divide large clumps in late Fall or in Spring. Mine is blooming right now???